The Eddy Field of the Central North Atlantic

• Main Author: Krauss,W.
• Other Authors: KIEL UNIV (GERMANY F R) INST FUER MEERESKUNDE
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 1983
• Subjects: *Ocean currents; North Atlantic Ocean; Eddies(Fluid mechanics); Buoys; Drift; Velocity; Kinetic energy; Symposia; Component Reports; Mid-Atlantic Ridge; North Atlantic
• Online Access: http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/ADP002664; http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=ADP002664

Sixty-eight satellite-tracked buoys were released in the western and central North Atlantic during 1981 and 1982. Mean velocity values and the variance about the mean were calculated for 20 selected areas. The mean velocities confirm the large-scale gyre circulation. The velocity variance decreases toward the east and south. East of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge the eddy kinetic energy reaches values of about 200 sq cm/s at 500 N, but only 50 sq cm/s at 30 N. This article is from 'The Role of Eddies in the General Ocean Circulation: Proceedings of 'Aha Huliko'a Hawaiian Winter Workshop Held at Manoa on January 5-7, 1983,' AD-A137 212, p275-282.